| John Claudius Loudon - 1837 - 622 páginas
...few. London, 17. New Rfilman Street, July, 1837. ART. III. On Cemeteries. By JA PICTON, Architect. " Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave ; solemnising nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy... | |
| 1881 - 972 páginas
...come down to the region of the common sense of mankind. This common sense tells us, not merely that ' man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave,'4 but that he stands absolutely by himself in creation. His superiority Ls not of the same kind... | |
| 1881 - 972 páginas
...come down to the region of the common sense of mankind. This common sense tells us, not merely that ' man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave,'4 but that he stands absolutely by himself in creation. His superiority is not of the same kind... | |
| 1881 - 970 páginas
...come down to the region of the common sense of mankind. This common sense tells us, not merely that ' man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave,'4 but ,that he stands absolutely by himself in creation. His superiority is not of the same... | |
| Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock - 1982 - 520 páginas
...Anlehnung an eine Stelle im j. Kapitel von Thomas Brownes »Hydriotaphia« (»Urne-Burial«) (1658): But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave <. . .>. (T. Browne, The works. Ed. by G. Keynes. Bd i. London 1964. S. 169.) 71, 16/17 Philemon u... | |
| Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 páginas
...lovers be lost love shall not; And death shall have no dominion. Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) Welsh poet Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave. Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) English doctor, author I am a temporary enclosure for a temporary purpose;... | |
| C. A. Patrides - 1989 - 370 páginas
...Browne's ultimate achievement in the modulation of auditory cadences: "Man is a Noble Animal, splended in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equall lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of bravery, in the infamy of his nature" (p. 313). Within the... | |
| Susan Hill - 1992 - 198 páginas
...age. Adversity stretcheth out our days, misery makes Alcmena's nights, and time hath no wings to it.' 'But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and...lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infancy of his nature. Life is a pure flame and we live by an invisible fire within us.' "Tis all one... | |
| Cedric Clive Brown - 1993 - 318 páginas
...hath assured our resurrection, either of our bodies or names hath directly promised no duration.... But man is a Noble Animal, splendid in ashes, and...the grave, solemnizing Nativities and Deaths with equall lustre, nor omitting Ceremonies of bravery, in the infamy of his nature, (p. 169) The irony... | |
| Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 páginas
...were valued living. EMILY 8RONTË (181 8-48), English novelist. Withering Heights, ch. 13(1847). 5 ies." in Wine from These Grapes (1934). 10 The childhood shows the SIR THOMAS BROWNE (1605-82). English doctor, author. Urn Burial, ch. 5(1658). 6 All that tread. The... | |
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